“Stocks open lower as jump in oil prices rattles investors”
September 16, 2019
“Stocks opened lower Monday, after oil prices jumped sharply in the wake of a weekend attack on Saudi Arabia’s largest oil facilities knocked out more than half of the kingdom’s production. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.32% fell 97.22 points, or 0.4%, to 27,122.30, while the S&P 500 SPX, -0.23% was off 12.68 points, or 0.4%, at 2,994.71. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.25% lost 53.45 points, or 0.7%, to trade at 8,123.27. Oil futures soared, with Brent crude BRNX19, +10.01% up more than 10% and West Texas Intermediate crude CLV19, +9.66% rising 9.7%…”